Topband: FT8.

[Larry]

The "Call 1st" option would seem to imply the auto QSO notion but "Call 
1st" causes the "Enable TX" to be disabled  when you send the "73" 
message regardless of the settings value for this behavior. I was told 
this was done specifically to not create an auto QSO machine. Without 
"Call 1st" there is no auto answer.

73, Larry W6NWS


On 10/25/2017 11:59 PM, Gary Smith wrote:
> I used RC2 and now, RC3 and there's no way
> in this software to make FT8 QSO's
> automatically. I don't get why so many
> people think it is a QSO machine that you
> let it go and it finds and makes QSO's for
> you. That's just not true, it does not do
> that.
>
> 73,
> Gary, KA1J
>
>> On 10/25/2017 6:57 PM, DXer wrote:
>>> Try leaving FT8 unattended, and see how many QSOs it makes by
>>> itself?
>>>
>>> 73 de Vince, VA3VF
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>> I've unsubscribed but the WSJT-X Yahoo group can be searched for a
>> thread where a guy said he went off to the kitchen and came back to
>> find he'd "worked" someone.  He said also that because he wasn't in
>> the shack, he wasn't going to QSL.  I asked, why not, the other guy
>> didn't know you were in the kitchen?
>>
>> So, yes, RC1 will make automatic QSOs.  And if you don't complete,
>> you can always use text messaging via JTAlert.
>>
>> N7WS
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